Myanmar News News Myanmar » Culture: Myanmar bids to put traditional thanakha face powder on UN heritage list to boost cultural profile
YANGON, Myanmar — Supporters and opponents of Myanmar’s military government are engaged in a bloody civil war, but a celebration Wednesday feted something almost all find worthy: the use of thanakha, ...
News Myanmar » Culture: The Origins Of Myanmar’s Coup Culture And Military Dictatorship – OpEd
History often remembers the 1962 coup in Myanmar as a sudden seizure of power by a power-hungry general. However, from the failed 1948 coup to the one-party authoritarian socialist regime of the 1960s ...
News Myanmar » Culture: Undertones: What Pop Culture Tells Us About Myanmar’s Politics
This story is part of Undertones, Global Voices’ Civic Media Observatory‘s newsletter. Subscribe to Undertones. Welcome back to Undertones, where we analyze narratives from around the world. This week ...
News Myanmar » Culture: Myanmar’s Spies: A History of Surveillance, Power and Purges
Andrew Selth’s sweeping history traces Myanmar’s intelligence apparatus from the days of the kings to the military’s modern surveillance and repression.
News Myanmar » Culture: Myanmar’s ‘Frontline Poets’: An Interview With Joe Freeman
Joe Freeman is an American writer and researcher who has worked across Southeast Asia for more than a decade, reporting from Thailand, Cambodia, the Philippines and in Myanmar during the mid-2010s ...
News Myanmar » Culture: Photos: Capital Thingyan brings splashing water, Myanmar culture to Albany
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dancers perform during Capital Thingyan, a festival that celebrates Myanmar's traditional New Year Water Festival, on Saturday at ...
News Myanmar » Culture: Myanmar Country Study | Geography & Culture 24-Slide Presentation
pdf, 133.92 MB png, 266.6 KB png, 305.8 KB png, 222.74 KB Explore Myanmar with this engaging 24-slide Country Study PDF Presentation featuring geography, culture, traditional foods, landmarks, ...
News Myanmar » Culture: Myanmar culture
“To…Ma Ma Nu Gyi,” an elegiac anti-war poem, has highlighted a divide among opponents of military rule.
News Myanmar » Culture: I've never seen seafood like this... Myanmar's hidden ocean culture
Myanmar's coastline hides an incredible seafood culture few travelers ever experience. I explored local ocean farms, bustling markets, and family kitchens to discover unusual sea creatures, ...
News Myanmar » Culture: Photos: Capital Thingyan brings splashing water, Myanmar culture to Albany
Ma Khaing offers authentic Myanmar food to a customer during Capital Thingyan, a festival that celebrates Myanmar's traditional New Year Water Festival, on Saturday in Albany. The annual event was ...